Participation in the ASI Education Certification Program costs nothing for ASI members and is user-friendly, with all courses automatically tracked electronically via ASI’s proprietary digital campus. ASI’s extensive educational programs support the needs of everyone from newcomers to proven industry veterans.

“Education is fundamentally important to advancement in your profession,” said Timothy M. Andrews, president and chief executive officer of ASI. “By obtaining their MASI or BASI through ASI, each one of these newly certified professionals are telling existing and potential clients how seriously they take their job.”

ASI annually invests $1.3 million to educate its members. To date in 2014, 4,359 industry professionals have attended live education classes at ASI trade shows in Orlando, Dallas, Long Beach and New York City. During the 2013 ASI Show® season, a total of 6,131attended classes, making ASI the largest educator in the industry. Click here for a complete overview of ASI Education.

With a full spectrum of education, information and research programs, ASI has everything it takes to help ad specialty professionals learn the business and remain competitive. ASI offers an unmatched portfolio of educational opportunities, incomparable publications and insightful research reports.

For more information on ASI Education, contact Melinda Ligos, ASI’s editor-in-chief and senior vice president of professional development, at mligos@asicentral.com.

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Promotional products, also known as ad specialties, make up a $20.5 billion dollar industry and are used by virtually every business in America. Why? Items like mugs, pens and t-shirts are memorable and provide a better cost per impression for advertisers than almost every major marketing effort like prime time TV, magazines and radio.

With so many businesses buying ad specialties there is a huge opportunity for professionals looking to make great money running a promotional products distributorship. It’s easy and inexpensive to get started and you can work from home.